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... There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone , Mr. Tesman . " I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of " Hard Facts ...
... There's nothing worth knowing but facts . Hard facts ! Facts alone , Mr. Tesman . " I don't know if old Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of " Hard Facts ...
Page 10
... there's that So - and - So village . They are pretty well off again ; I may just as well squeeze them to begin with . " He would make a ferocious entry in the pocketbook : Memo : -Squeeze the So - and - So village at the first time of ...
... there's that So - and - So village . They are pretty well off again ; I may just as well squeeze them to begin with . " He would make a ferocious entry in the pocketbook : Memo : -Squeeze the So - and - So village at the first time of ...
Page 12
... sale , of course , will be a farce . There's no one here to bid . He will get the brig for a song - no , not even that — a line of a song . You have been some years now in the islands , Heyst . You know us all ; you have seen 12 VICTORY.
... sale , of course , will be a farce . There's no one here to bid . He will get the brig for a song - no , not even that — a line of a song . You have been some years now in the islands , Heyst . You know us all ; you have seen 12 VICTORY.
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... There's always a bill or two to meet . " He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous notebook so well known in the islands , the fetish of his hopes , and fluttered the pages feverishly . " And yet - look , ” he went on . “ There ...
... There's always a bill or two to meet . " He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous notebook so well known in the islands , the fetish of his hopes , and fluttered the pages feverishly . " And yet - look , ” he went on . “ There ...
Page 18
... there , like conspirators in a comic opera , of " Sh - ssh , shssh ! Se- crecy ! Secrecy ! " It must have been funny , because they were very serious about it . And for a time the conspiracy was successful in so far that we all ...
... there , like conspirators in a comic opera , of " Sh - ssh , shssh ! Se- crecy ! Secrecy ! " It must have been funny , because they were very serious about it . And for a time the conspiracy was successful in so far that we all ...
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